At Last:G7 Governors Agree To Dump PDP and Move To APC

The crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) seems to have finally reached a climax with the G-7 governors resolving to join the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). This comes barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan chose to ignore a planned meeting with the governors which was seen as a make or break meeting between them and the President.

Following Jonathan's decision to postpone the meeting and the set up of a disciplinary committee by PDP, the G7 governors met behind closed doors in Abuja on Monday night and take strong decisions.

The strategic meeting, which ended around 12:30am on Tuesday was very frank and the governors all agree that staying in the PDP will not do them any good.

Six of the governors voted in favour of dumping the PDP and joining the APC, now that they still have enough time to win more converts in the states and in the National Assembly.

Governors Sule Lamide of Jigawa State is however not in a hurry. He believes Obasanjo and a few men in the North can still do something and compel Jonathan to respect his agreement to serve only one term.

But a large number of Senators and majority of House of Reps members are ready to follow G7 governors.